Category Archives: baa-events

FEBRUARY 2019

The Dickinson Museum Center located on Museum Drive is planning an art exhibit featuring BAA artists from February 1 to 28, 2019. The exhibit will include artworks from a variety of mediums such as oil, watercolor, pastel, pencil, clay, as well as mixed mediums. Many of your favorite BAA artists will be represented during this exhibit. Museum hours are Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm.

MARCH 2019

The Dickinson Museum Center along with BAA will also be hosting Minot’s Taube Museum traveling children’s art show from March 1 – 31, 2019. Art teachers, this would be a wonderful field trip to put on your school calendar.

JUNE 2019

Jennifer Stone will bring her painting and teaching skills to our summer workshop June 20 – 22, 2019. The workshop topic will be Watercolor Purs and Negative Space in a 3-day format.

The 48th Annual Badlands Art Show was held November 9 – 11, 2018.
Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge, Dickinson, North Dakota.
The judge for this years’ show was Ali Hein who is a Professor of Art at Bismarck State College.

The Badlands Art Show opens this weekend, November 10th through the 12th.Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge, Dickinson, North Dakota.
This year’s judge will be Dr. Andrea Donovan from Minot. Donovan is an associate professor of art and humanities at Minot State University.

Artists, please review “Delivery of Art Work” for details about bringing your art to the show AND when to pick up your art after the show.

Silent Auctions

The November show will have two separate silent auctions this year. The first one will be held on Friday November 10th. The second silent auction will be held on Saturday November 11th. Members are encouraged to donate baskets themselves or to ask others who are willing to donate baskets to do so. For more information contact Marcia Sickler. (marciasickler@hotmail.com)or bring your auction items to the meeting on Nov. 6th.

Purchase Award Preview

The Purchase Award Preview and special reception will be held on Friday evening November 10th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. At the preview, we invite all who are considering buying works of art to view the show and submit bids (in a silent auction) for the works of their choice. The minimum bid is the asking price of the artist.

Bid blanks must be turned in at the front desk no later than 9:00 pm Friday. The highest bid (above the asking price) will be the successful bidder.

North Dakota Empty Bowls Fundraiser, Saturday

Stop by the show on Saturday and have lunch for a good cause. This year, the North Dakota Empty Bowls Project fundraiser will be held at the Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Local artisans contribute their time and talent to create ceramic bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraising event.

Robin Reynolds, DSU ceramics instructor, organizes Empty Bowls each year. Last year, the event raised more than $4,000 for local food pantries. For the event, local artisians contributed their time and resources to create one-of-a-kind, handcrafted ceramic bowls for the event. Special thanks for Sponsor bowls: Julie Schuster, Sarah Snavely, Caitlin Freidt, and Tod Winter.

Cost is $15 per bowl, limit two bowls per person. Soup and bread is provided.

Every year, approximately 2.3 to 3.5 million people in America experience hunger and homelessness. Empty Bowls Project is a national fundraising event to bring awareness to hunger in America. Proceeds of the North Dakota Empty Bowls go to food programs such as the Back Pack Program and Domestic Rape and Crisis Center. Sponsors for the ND Empty Bowls are Dickinson State University, Ramada Grand Dakota Hotel, United Way of Dickinson and Sacred Heart Monastery.

The Badlands Arts Association is celebrating its 47th Annual Art Show. The three-day regional fine art show features many different artworks including clay pottery, oil paintings, water colors, pencil sketches, and photography.
There are three divisions to the show: amateur and professional. Student entries are coordinated through local schools.

The call for entries and entry forms have been mailed. If you want to be on our mailing list, please join our organization for early notice of our events.

The Badlands Art Association is a group of western North Dakota artists. We offer area artists of all abilities the opportunity to showcase their work. The BAA Art Show invites the public a venue to see the wide range of art being created in our area.